Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
ROME -- A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.
Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police.
WHO investigating Norway swine flu mutations
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear.
Blast wounds 1 in NW Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A security guard has been wounded in an explosion outside the office of a non-governmental organization in the main city in northwestern Pakistan.
15 dead, 114 trapped in mine explosion
BEIJING (AP) -- A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 15 people and trapping another 114 nearly a third of a mile under ground, central government authorities said.
23 dead, 90 trapped in mine explosion
BEIJING (AP) -- A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 23 people and trapping another 90 nearly a third of a mile under ground, central government authorities said.
200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English
RIYADH,Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West.
Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban
GENEVA (AP) -- Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery -- essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West.
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Irish demand replay with France
DUBLIN (AP) -- Ireland appealed to France and soccer authorities Thursday to replay their World Cup playoff in Paris after an obvious handball by Thierry Henry produced the winning goal.
U.N. committee criticizes N. Korea rights violations
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A key U.N. committee expressed "very serious concern" Thursday at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea and strongly urged the government to put an end to the violations.
Belgian-British duo wins race for EU's top jobs
BRUSSELS (AP) -- EU leaders on Thursday handed the European Union's top new jobs to two little-known compromise figures -- Belgium's prime minister and the EU's trade commissioner -- dashing hopes of those who wanted to raise the continent's global profile.
U.N.: More children in school, fewer dying
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday.
China holds, mistreats U.S. geologist
BEIJING (AP) -- Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show U.
Court bombing kills 2 police
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A blast early Friday killed two police offers a day after a suicide bomber killed 19 people outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attacks in an onslaught by Islamist militants retaliating against an army offensive near the Afghan border.
Karzai makes big promises
KABUL (AP) -- For his critics, President Hamid Karzai's inaugural speech Thursday struck all the right notes -- sober pledges to get tough on corruption and strengthen his own security forces so foreign troops can start going home.
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